Senate Resolution No. 1236
BY: Senator STEWART-COUSINS
AMENDING SENATE RESOLUTION R2697 of 2024 a plan
setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a
certain appropriation for the 2024-25 state fiscal
year for additional grants in aid to certain school
districts, public libraries, public colleges and
universities, and education and arts not-for-profit
institutions. Notwithstanding any provision of law
to the contrary, the amounts appropriated herein may
be suballocated or transferred between other
agencies, including the state education department,
city university of New York, state university of New
York, and New York state council on the arts with
the approval of the temporary president of the
senate and the director of the budget.
Notwithstanding section 24 of the state finance law
or any provision of law to the contrary, funds from
this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant
to a plan (i) approved by the temporary president of
the senate and the director of the budget which sets
forth either an itemized list of grantees with the
amount to be received by each, or the methodology
for allocating such appropriation, and (ii) which is
thereafter included in a senate resolution calling
for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution
must be approved by a majority vote of all members
elected to the senate upon a roll call vote
RESOLVED, That pursuant to and as required by money appropriated
in section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2024 and reappropriated
pursuant to section 1 of chapter 53 of the laws of 2025 which enacts
the aid to localities local assistance account for additional grants
in aid to certain school districts, public libraries, public colleges
and universities, and education and arts not-for-profit institutions.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the amounts
appropriated herein may be suballocated or transferred between other
agencies, including the state education department, city university of
New York, state university of New York, and New York state council on
the arts with the approval of the temporary president of the senate
and the director of the budget. Notwithstanding section 24 of the
state finance law or any provision of law to the contrary, funds from
this appropriation shall be allocated only pursuant to a plan approved
by the temporary president of the senate and the director of the
budget which sets forth either an itemized list of grantees with the
amount to be received by each, or the methodology for allocating such
appropriation, and thereafter included in a senate resolution calling
for the expenditure of such funds, which resolution must be approved
by a majority vote of all members elected to the senate upon a roll
call vote, in accordance with the following schedule which shall
amend, remove from or add to the schedule originally approved in
Senate Resolution 2697 of 2024:
African American Men of WestchesterInc. - Educational Programming 10,000AimHigh Empowerment Institute Inc. - EducationalProgramming 15,000American Debate League, INC. - EducationalProgramming 10,000American Debate League, INC. - EducationalProgramming 10,000American Museum of Natural History - EducationalProgramming 10,000Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 20,000Auburn Enlarged City School District 30,000Baldwin Union Free School District 10,000Ballet Hispanico of New York - EducationalProgramming 10,000Bard High School Early College Bronx 15,000BioBus, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Garden City Union Free School District 10,000Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle,Inc. - Educational Programming 20,000Brooklyn Book Festival, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Brooklyn Children's MuseumCorporation - EducationalProgramming 25,000Brooklyn Public Library 10,000Broome County Public Library - Four CountyLibrary System 3,000Building for the Arts NY, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Caribbean American Center of NY, Inc.- Educational Programming 10,000Caribbeing Inc. - Educational Programming 15,000Carle Place Union Free School District 10,000CEC Stuyvesant Cove, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 25,000Center for Educational Innovation -Educational Programming 80,000Central Square Library 15,000Friends of Mount Vernon ArtsRecreation and Youth Programs, Inc.- Educational Programming 15,000City Year, Inc. - Educational Programming 20,000City Year, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000City Year, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000City Year, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Common Threads I - Educational Programming 10,000Community Studies, Incorporated -Educational Programming 40,000Cora Incorporated - Educational Programming 15,000Cortland Free Library - Finger Lakes LibrarySystem 3,000High School for Construction Trades,Engineering and Architecture 10,000CURE100, Inc. - Educational Programming 25,000Digital Girl, Inc. - Educational Programming 15,000East Rochester Public Library 7,500East Syracuse Free Library 10,000Education Impact Foundation, Inc. -Educational Programming 20,000Empire State Aerosciences Museum -Educational Programming 30,000Entertainers for Education AllianceInc. - Educational Programming 20,000Failte Care Corporation - EducationalProgramming 10,000Fairmount Community Library Association 10,000Fairport Public Library 10,000Family Service Society of Yonkers - EducationalProgramming 15,000Fencing in the Park Inc. - EducationalProgramming 50,000Fenton Free Library - Four County Library System3,000Freeport Union Free School District 10,000Fulton Public Library 10,000Generation Citizen, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 5,000Global Kids, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Global Kids, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Graham-Windham - Educational Programming 10,000Greece Rotary Foundation, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Green-Wood Historic Fund Inc. - EducationalProgramming 20,000Groton Public Library - Finger Lakes LibrarySystem 3,000Hannibal Free Library 10,000Hispanic Information &Telecommunications Network Inc -Educational Programming 20,000Historic Cherry Hill - Educational Programming 35,000Hot Bread Kitchen, Ltd. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Hot Bread Kitchen, Ltd. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. -Educational Programming 50,000Illuminart Productions - Educational Programming10,000iMentor, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Irondequoit Public Library 10,000I.S. 109Q 15,000Keep Your Change Inc. - Educational Programming 15,000Kellogg Free Library - Finger Lakes LibrarySystem 3,000Kings County Tennis League Inc - EducationalProgramming 20,000Lamont Memorial Free Library - Finger LakesLibrary System 3,000Lansing Community Library - Finger Lakes LibrarySystem 3,000Latino U College Access, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 25,000Light a Candle for Literacy Corp. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Lindenhurst Robotics Coalition - EducationalProgramming 15,000Lisle Free Library - Four County Library System 3,000Liverpool Public Library 10,000Long Island Council on Alcoholism Inc- Educational Programming 20,000Malverne Union Free School District 10,000Mary L. Wilcox Memorial Library -Four County Library System 3,000Mid-Hudson Library System 30,000Morningside Center for TeachingSocial Responsibility, Inc. -Educational Programming 10,000Mouse Inc - Educational Programming 10,000Mouse Inc - Educational Programming 15,000M.S. 67Q 15,000New Rochelle Public Library 20,000New York Junior Tennis League Inc -Educational Programming 15,000New York Public Library 25,000New York Sun Works, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 20,000New York Sun Works, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 50,000New York Sun Works, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000New York Sun Works, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 25,000Newfield Public Library - Finger Lakes LibrarySystem 3,000Newtown Creek Alliance Incorporated -Educational Programming 25,000NIA Community Services Network, Inc.- Educational Programming 20,000NIA Community Services Network, Inc.- Educational Programming 55,000North Brooklyn Coalition AgainstFamily Violence Inc - Educational Programming 10,000New York Sun Works, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 24,000New York Sun Works, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School ofMusic & Art and Performing Arts 10,000Professional Performing Arts High School 10,000New York Public Library 45,000Old Stone House of Brooklyn - EducationalProgramming 20,000One Stop Richmond Hill CommunityCenter, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Oswego School District Public Library 10,000P.S. 150 10,000P.S. 152 10,000P.S. 153 10,000P.S. 239 10,000P.S. 290 10,000P.S. 343 10,000P.S. 361 10,000P.S. 68 10,000P.S. 81 10,000P.S. 88Q 10,000Partnership with Children, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Partnership with Children, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 20,000Peck Memorial Library - Finger Lakes LibrarySystem 3,000Penfield Public Library 10,000Phillips Free Library 3,000Pittsford Community Library 7,500Police Athletic League Inc - EducationalProgramming 20,000Pound Ridge Library District 15,000POWERPLAY NYC INC - Educational Programming 15,000P.S. 102 10,000P.S. 169Q 15,000P.S. 193Q 15,000P.S. 242Q 15,000P.S. 305 10,000P.S. 58 10,000P.S. 91 10,000P.S. 94Q 15,000Puerto Rican Coalition for a BetterCommunity Inc. - EducationalProgramming 15,000Queens Borough Public Library 50,000Queens Community House, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Community Education Council District 27 25,000Queens County Chamber of CommerceFoundation, Inc - EducationalProgramming 10,000Queens Borough Public Library - Elmhurst Branch 25,000Queens Borough Public Library - Maspeth Branch 25,000Queens Borough Public Library - Ridgewood Branch25,000Queens Borough Public Library - Woodside Branch 25,000Queens Borough Public Library 40,000Queens Borough Public Library 10,000Queens Borough Public Library 35,000Quest Youth Organization, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 15,000Ramapo Catskill Library System 125,000Ramapo Catskill Library System 10,000Read Alliance, Inc - Educational Programming 15,000Renaissance Youth Center - EducationalProgramming 10,000Richmond Hill High School 10,000The Richmond Hill Historical Society,Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Rising Tide Effect Inc - Educational Programming11,000Riverdale Neighborhood House Inc -Educational Programming 70,000Rochester City School District - The RestorativeH.U.B. 60,000Rochester Education Foundation, Inc.- Educational Programming 100,000Rochester Public Library 10,000Rockville Centre Union Free School District 10,000Roosevelt Union Free School District 22,500Social Enterprise and TrainingCenter, Inc. - Educational Programming 25,000Society of the Third Street MusicSchool Settlement Inc - EducationalProgramming 10,000Solvay Public Library 10,000South End Neighborhood Tutors, Inc. -Educational Programming 20,000Southeastern NY Library ResourcesCouncil - Educational Programming 30,000STEM Alliance ofLarchmont-Mamaroneck, Inc (DBA TheStem Alliance) - Educational Programming 25,000STEM Leadership Center Inc. - EducationalProgramming 20,000STEM Leadership Center Inc. - EducationalProgramming 25,000Student Leadership Network, Inc.a/k/a CollegeBound Initiative -Educational Programming 10,000Support Connection Inc - Educational Programming50,000Swim Strong Foundation, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 15,000The Blue Bus Project,Inc - EducationalProgramming 10,000Blue Card, Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Blue Card, Inc. - Educational Programming 20,000The Bronx County Historical Society -Educational Programming 15,000The Bronx Museum of the Arts - EducationalProgramming 20,000The Midtown Management Group, Inc. -Educational Programming 50,000The Midtown Management Group, Inc. -Educational Programming 10,000New York Historical Society - EducationalProgramming 15,000The New York Public Library 45,000The New York Public Library 45,000Southworth Library Association -Finger Lakes Library System 3,000Young Men's and Young Women's HebrewAssociation - Educational Programming 40,000Tompkins County Public Library -Finger Lakes Library System 3,000Ulysses Philomathic Library - Finger LakesLibrary System 3,000Uniondale Union Free School District 22,500Phoenix Public Library 10,000Volunteers For Springfield Park, Inc.- Educational Programming 10,000Webster Public Library - Monroe County LibrarySystem 10,000West Hempstead Union Free School District 10,000Westbury Union Free School District 10,000White Plains Public Library 35,000White Plains City School District 15,000Wiz Kids Books B4 Basketball Program- Educational Programming 15,000Xposure Foundation Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Yaffed, Inc. - Educational Programming 50,000Young Men's Christian Association ofGreater New York, McBurney Branch -Educational Programming 25,000Young Men's Christian Association ofGreater New York, Vanderbilt Branch- Educational Programming 25,000Fund for the City of New York, Inc. -Zone 126 - Educational Programming 10,000American Debate League Inc - EducationalProgramming 10,000Bais Shifra Inc. - Educational Programming 50,000Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan Inc.(d.b.a. Gotham Park) - EducationalProgramming 15,000Buffalo String Works, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 20,000Common Threads I - Educational Programming 25,000Congregation Kehilas Belz U.S.A. Inc.- Educational Programming 25,000Educational Alliance, Inc. (The) - EducationalProgramming 10,000Educational Video Center Inc - EducationalProgramming 10,000Empower My Hood Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Literacy Academy Collective Inc. - EducationalProgramming 10,000Loisaida Enterprises Corporation -Educational Programming 10,000Loisaida United Neighborhood GardensInc - Educational Programming 10,000Lower East Side Girls Club - EducationalProgramming 10,000Community Education Council District 29 20,000Outstanding Renewal Enterprises Inc(d.b.a. Lower East Side EcologyCenter) - Educational Programming 10,000Read Alliance, Inc - Educational Programming 10,000Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship, Inc. -Educational Programming 90,000Simha Organization, Inc. - EducationalProgramming 15,000Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth, Inc -Educational Programming 10,000The Door - A Center of Alternatives,Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Together We Are - Educational Programming 45,000Vision Urbana Inc. - Educational Programming 10,000Mid Hudson Pattern for Progress Inc.(" Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress") -Educational Programming 50,000Suballocate to the New York StateCouncil on the Arts:Albany Center Galleries Inc 35,000Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts Inc 20,000Big Apple Leadership Academy for the Arts Inc 25,000Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation 20,000Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation 10,000Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation 20,000Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation 25,000Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music 10,000Brooklyn Public Library 25,000Building for the Arts NY, Inc. 10,000Carnegie Hall Corporation 25,000Center for Law and Justice Inc 10,000Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. 10,000Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc. 25,000Chashama Inc. 10,000Children's Museum of Oswego 10,000Civic Ensemble, Inc. 20,000CNY Arts Center, Inc. 10,000Community Music School of Buffalo 15,000Culture Lab LIC Inc. 10,000El Batey Inc. 10,000Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center - LucyMoses School for Music and Dance 10,000Foundation for Filipino Artists, Inc. 20,000Harlem One Stop Inc. 10,000Institute of the Black World 21St Century, Inc. 15,000Inwood Art Works, Inc. 15,000Jazzmobile Inc 20,000Latino Film Market Inc 10,000Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. 25,000Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. 10,000LUMA Arts Initiative, Inc. 10,000Mamaroneck Community Chorus Inc 15,000Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) 20,000American Museum of the Moving Image 30,000New York City AIDS Memorial, Inc. 10,000New York City Chess Services Inc. 10,000New York Shakespeare Festival 10,000Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance 10,000Orchestrating Dreams, Inc. 10,000Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. 10,000Red Hook Art Project, Inc. 20,000Revolutionary Westchester 250 Inc. 15,000Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill, Inc. 16,000Salvatore Larussa Dance Company, Inc. 10,000Bronx Opera Company Inc 10,000Daisy Joplin Foundation 25,000The Jazz Drama Program 15,000The Midtown Management Group Inc 10,000The Midtown Management Group Inc 10,000The Midtown Management Group Inc 5,000The Midtown Management Group Inc 30,000The National Arts Club, Inc. 10,000The Picture House Regional Film Center, Inc. 15,000Theatre Development Fund, Inc. 20,000TropicalFete, Inc. 15,000Uptown Stories, Inc. 15,000Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens Inc 10,000Visual Arts Research & ResourceCenter Relating to the Caribbean 15,000Black Spectrum Theatre Company Inc. Roy WilkinsPark 20,000Buffalo Arts and Technology Center, Inc. 30,000Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society 50,000Musicalfare Theater Company Inc 20,000Road Less Traveled Productions Ltd. 15,000ArtsWestchester, Inc. 100,000Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers Inc 15,000Friends of the Mozartina Musical ArtsConservatory Inc 50,000Hudson River Museum of Westchester 100,000Visual Arts Research and ResourceCenter Relating to the Caribbean 50,000Yonkers Hispanic Cultural Foundation, Inc. 15,000Suballocate to the City University of New York:CUNY Research Foundation on behalf ofMedgar Evers College - Center ofLaw and Social Justice 15,000York College - Department of Teacher Education'sMaker Space 15,000